Category: photography

Sunday snapshot: One year later

About a year ago, I was in D.C. hanging out with a close friend from high school.  The two of us had bonded closely during high school, having entered the same small private school on the same day… Read More

Sunday Snapshot: Father’s Day

I woke up this morning (morning isn’t entirely accurate…it was 11:30)  to the smell of homemade blueberry pancakes on the griddle.  And that is why I love my dad.  Ok, there are many other reasons I love my… Read More

Freshmen Sports Day

Yesterday afternoon, the Freshmen teachers on our team hosted a Sports Day for all of their students.  As unofficial team photographer, I pulled myself away from packing for a bit to get a few shots of the students… Read More

Farewell for now

Today, I headed to the orphanage and the local center that cares for the kids with more severe needs.  It’s the last time I’ll see these sweet faces for a couple months–and hopefully the last time I’ll see… Read More

Sunday snapshot: Gifts

Today’s Sunday snapshot is more along the lines of amusing than moving.  There will be no streaky mascara caused by this post.  I thought this post might bring a smile or even a bit of laughter–and I thought that… Read More

Sunday snapshot: Special visitors

This past Wednesday, we had a special group of visitors roll into town for the afternoon.  Our company has a language school in a nearby big city, and there just so happens to be a lot of families… Read More

Sunday Snapshot: Fuling Tomb (Shenyang)

This weekend, the team headed to Shenyang for our annual team retreat.  It seems a bit counter-intuitive to pack it up and head out of town during one of the busiest seasons of the year, but the trip has… Read More

Sunday Snapshot: Names

These pictures aren’t from today.  In fact, they’re not even from this week.  They’re from that eventful to the big city a couple weeks ago.  But I was waiting to post pictures of my Chinese nephews until I had… Read More

Sunday Snapshot: Backyardigan’s Bash

Yesterday, we celebrated our youngest teammate’s birthday.  We’re a few days shy of her third birthday, but since her Aunt & Uncle and grandparents were visiting all the way from America, we figured there was a good reason for… Read More

A different kind of landscape

The current photography “assignment” on the Pioneer Woman is landscapes.  Yesterday, I went hunting through my photo archives to see if there were any landscape shots I wanted to share.  And I soon made the discovery that I… Read More